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{{Infobox album
| name       = XX
| type       = [[Compilation album]]
| artist     = [[Great Big Sea]]
| cover      = XX (Great Big Sea album - cover art).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 30, 2012
| recorded   = 1993–2012
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[folk rock]], [[Celtic rock]]
| length     = 2:14:36
| label      = [[Warner Music Canada]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Safe Upon the Shore]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
'''''XX''''' is a compilation by [[Great Big Sea]] to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/XX/dp/B009O6M4NW/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0 |title=XX: Great Big Sea: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |date=20 October 2012 |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="greatbigsea">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatbigsea.com/discography/xx/ |title=XX : Great Big Sea |work=greatbigsea.com |year=2014 |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> It is the group's final album to date, as well as their last recording to feature [[Séan McCann (musician)|Séan McCann]]. It was released as a two-disc CD album, and also in a Deluxe Edition which includes a third CD plus a DVD with an hour-long documentary "Meet Great Big Sea" and other goodies.<ref name="greatbigsea"/>
The ''XX Tour'' was a comprehensive tour which accompanied the release of this album, playing 38 shows across [[North America]] and featuring music from almost all previous Great Big Sea records. This tour began on March 5, 2013, with a show at The Grove in [[Anaheim, California]], and concluded a few minutes after midnight on January 1, 2014, after a final New Year's Day concert at Casino New Brunswick in [[Moncton]]. Following the XX Tour, Séan McCann officially withdrew from the band.
==Disc 1&nbsp;– ''The Pop Songs''==
===Track listing===
#"Born to Believe" &nbsp;– 3:45 (previously unreleased)
#"What Are You At" &nbsp;– 3:10 (from ''[[Great Big Sea (album)|Great Big Sea]]'', 1993)
#"[[Run Runaway]]" &nbsp;– 2:50 (from ''[[Up (Great Big Sea album)|Up]]'', 1995)
#"Goin' Up" &nbsp;– 3:11 (From ''Up'')
#"[[When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)]]" &nbsp;– 3:23 (from ''[[Play (Great Big Sea album)|Play]]'', 1997)
#"[[Ordinary Day (Great Big Sea song)|Ordinary Day]]" &nbsp;– 3:09 (from ''Play'')
#"How Did We Get From Saying 'I Love You'" &nbsp;– 3:47 (from ''Play'')
#"[[Consequence Free]]" &nbsp;– 3:14 (from ''[[Turn (Great Big Sea album)|Turn]]'', 1999)
#"Feel It Turn" &nbsp;– 3:47 (from ''Turn'')
#"Boston and St. John's" &nbsp;– 3:47 (from ''Turn'')
#"Sea of No Cares" &nbsp;– 3:41 (from ''[[Sea of No Cares]]'', 2002)
#"Clearest Indication" &nbsp;– 4:12 (from ''Sea of No Cares'')
#"When I Am King" &nbsp;– 2:31 (from ''[[Something Beautiful*]]'', 2004)
#"Something Beautiful" &nbsp;– 3:47 (from ''Something Beautiful*'')
#"Love Me Tonight" &nbsp;– 4:12 (from ''[[Fortune's Favour]]'', 2008)
#"Walk On The Moon" &nbsp;– 3:35 (from ''Fortune's Favour'')
#"Live This Life" &nbsp;– 4:39 (previously unreleased)
#"Nothing But A Song" &nbsp;– 3:02 (from ''[[Safe Upon The Shore]]'', 2010)
#"Long Life (Where Did You Go)" &nbsp;– 3:11 (from ''Safe Upon The Shore'')
#"[[Let My Love Open the Door]]" &nbsp;– 4:16 (previously unreleased)
==Disc 2&nbsp;– ''The Folk Songs''==
===Track listing===
#"Heart of Hearts" &nbsp;– 4:09 (previously unreleased)
#"Great Big Sea / Gone By The Board" &nbsp;– 3:36 (from ''Great Big Sea'')
#"Donkey Riding" &nbsp;– 2:22 (from ''Play'')
#"A Boat Like Gideon Brown" &nbsp;– 2:54 (from ''Sea of No Cares'')
#"Dancing With Mrs. White" &nbsp;– 2:06 (from ''Up'')
#"General Taylor" &nbsp;– 2:55 (from ''Play'')
#"Come And I Will Sing You" &nbsp;– 3:43 (from ''[[The Hard and the Easy]]'', 2005)
#"Ferryland Sealer" &nbsp;– 3:17 (from ''Turn'')
#"[[Lukey's Boat|Lukey]]" &nbsp;– 3:23 (With [[The Chieftains]]. From ''[[Fire in the Kitchen]]'', 1998)
#"[[Captain Wedderburn's Courtship|Captain Wedderburn]]" &nbsp;– 3:37 (From ''Turn'')
#"Captain Kidd" &nbsp;– 2:50 (from ''The Hard and the Easy'')
#"Le Bon Vin" &nbsp;– 3:08 (previously unreleased)
#"England (Live)" &nbsp;– 4:45 (previously unreleased)
#"Old Black Rum" &nbsp;– 2:29 (from ''Up'')
#"The Night Pat Murphy Died" &nbsp;– 3:00 (from ''Play'')
#"River Driver" &nbsp;– 3:03 (from ''The Hard and the Easy'')
#"Mari-Mac" &nbsp;– 2:33 (from ''Up'')
#"Excursion Around The Bay" &nbsp;– 2:28 (from ''Great Big Sea'')
#"Josephine The Baker" &nbsp;– 4:35 (previously unreleased)
#"Good People" &nbsp;– 2:34 (from ''Safe Upon The Shore'')
==Disc 3&nbsp;– ''Rogue Waves'' (only with Deluxe Box Set)==
===Track listing===
#"Republican Song" &nbsp;– 3:18
#"Get in the Van" &nbsp;– 2:35
#"Countryside" &nbsp;– 3:15
#"Father's Eye" &nbsp;– 3:33
#"Little Beggarman" &nbsp;– 5:18
#"Long Life (Where Did You Go?)" &nbsp;– 2:57
#"You Only Get So Many Summers" &nbsp;– 3:25
#"Widow in the Window" &nbsp;– 4:18
#"The Ladder" &nbsp;– 3:45
#"Something Beautiful" &nbsp;– 3:39
#"Rough Atlantic Sea" &nbsp;– 2:27
#"[[Six Months in a Leaky Boat]]" &nbsp;– 3:04
#"Silver Linings" &nbsp;– 3:29
#"Say You Will" &nbsp;– 3:32
#"Nothing But a Song" &nbsp;– 3:41
#"Play the Game" &nbsp;– 1:51
#"I Don't Feel Like Losing" &nbsp;– 2:48
#"[[Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song)|Here Comes My Baby]]" &nbsp;– 2:59
#"Clearest Indication" &nbsp;– 3:31
#"Parade" &nbsp;– 4:31
==Chart performance==
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! Chart (2012)
! Peak<br>position
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| [[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=great big sea|chart=all}}|title=Chart listing for ''XX''|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
|}
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|format=2col|region=Canada|type=album|title=XX|artist=Great Big Sea|award=Gold}}
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== References ==
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{{Great Big Sea}}
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[[Category:2012 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Great Big Sea albums]]
[[Category:Warner Music Group albums]]